[senco-forum] Developing listening skills in secondary pupils

Subject: RE: [senco-forum] Developing listening skills in secondary pupils

And then................any of you who have supported pupils in class will know this one ..............some teachers are very boring - their voices are dull and the lesson content is really boring and the activities not challenging at all - I have been known to turn to the pupil that I am supporting and ask 'What was that she said - which page are we doing ?' because I have fallen asleep - well, was daydreaming actually or thinking about something else..................and I am trying to model good listening ! So, I know how some of them feel. I love the interactive whiteboard, that keeps me awake as does a change of activity and I always listen better if the teachers say 'Right now, this is important - all listen up here'.

Janice Wray
Secondary SENCO, Herts

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> Subject: RE: [senco-forum] Developing listening skills in secondary pupils
> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:04:49 +0100
> From: a.bremner at oratory.co.uk
> To: a.bremner at oratory.co.uk; Olanys at aol.com; senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
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> Thanks Lindsay - that is the one - Fine Tuning.  I lend it to frustrated class teachers to settle their classes with before they go on to teach their lesson.  Quite a few teachers now complain that whole classes can't actually 'listen' any more and I agree about the tv as background, computer games etc. being the norm.   To listen effectively I guess you first have to sit still (or quietly - doodlers etc) and be receptive which is at least half the battle. Ally
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> 	Subject: RE: [senco-forum] Developing listening skills in secondary pupils
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> 	But the point is LISTENING skills and dictation is just part of the training of the ear and brain to develop the art of listening accurately.  Pre-printed sheets are lovely to revise from but don't actually provide any development of the individual.  Ask any EFL teacher.  
> 	I have a book which I use for listening skills where the kids have to mark on a graph various points according to verbal instructions i.e fill in square 12 across and 6 down etc and it eventually makes a picture and they can tell if they have been listening if the picture looks correct.  I got it from Better Books but can't remember what it is called as I am at home and not in school mode yet!
> 	Ally
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> 	        When I worked with severely dyslexic children the dyslexic  resource base
> 	        teacher informed the staff that these children were not to  take down dictation
> 	        under any circumstances - it is a nightmare for them and a  futile exercise
> 	        when pre-printed information sheets can so easily be provided  with very little
> 	        extra effort by teachers.
> 	       
> 	        Taking down dictation involves a myriad of skills and stages, many of  which
> 	        are extemely difficult for pupils with SpLD and for some impossible and  very
> 	        distressing...not to mention unnecessary. The same applies to the awful  time
> 	        consuming task of copying from textbooks in these days of scanners and
> 	        printers.
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> 	        Training  children who struggle to do so is a cruel waste of time and effort
> 	        for all  involved. I also think exercises like this are an unnecessary waste
> 	        of time  after a long and arduous day trying to cope at school and endure
> 	        homework.
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> 	        Best wishes,
> 	        Aly
> 	       
> 	        Chair Auditory  Processing Disorder in the UK/APDUK
> 	        www.lacewingmultimedia.com/APD.htm
> 	        www.apduk.org
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